Knicker's height saved him from being slaughtered, and now he'll live out his life in a pasture.

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It's not every day that you see something that truly makes you stop and say, "Holy cow." But that's actually the case with Knickers, who is believed to be Australia's largest cow.

The 7-year-old Holstein-Friesian is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 3,086 pounds. For reference, the average Holstein-Friesian dairy cow typically stands at 4 feet 10 inches and weighs 1,500 pounds, making Kickers a rather large outlier.

According to 7 News Central Queensland, he is almost as tall as Michael Jordan, the former NBA player. Here's how they look next to each other, true to scale.

Geoff Pearson, Knickers' owner, said the cow's size saved him from being slaughtered.

"He was too big to go into the export plant's chain," Pearson told Australia's ABC News. "We have a high turnover of cattle, and he was lucky enough to stay behind."

Instead, he'll live out his life on the farm, where he's become a natural leader among the other cows.

"You'll put him in a paddock and all the other cattle seem to get attracted to him," Pearson said. "Whenever he wants to get up and start walking, there's a trail of hundreds of cattle following him. We all know when Knickers in on the move."